Gord Downie - Yellow days
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Tuning: E A D G
Drums and guitar opening
[Intro]
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Summer ooon~ Bring ooon the buzzing past
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Summer ooon~ Bring ooon august trash
[Verse 1]
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The sweat of Johnny Cash,the hot-knife to the hash
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The girls in the grass
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Summer, bring it ooon, oh, at last
[Pre-Chorus]
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Days that glow and ignite and explode into nights
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Nights that scream for morphine, and swim into the days
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Days of whisky and cake, nights of make-believe
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Days you don't believe, nights of faith in flaaames~
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And not consumed by flaaames~
[Chorus]
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Ah still~ Summer's always going, turning everything Canada-grey
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And I will miss all the not-knowing, of those summer days
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But I swear I will take morphine and swim
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If you take one more look at him
[Verse 2]
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Ah, those yellow days Bring on the liquid smoke
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Summer on, night's a blindfold Stay close
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then this bird has flown The bullet hits the bone
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And it's all filmed on a phone
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Summer's getting on, oh, stay close
[Pre-Chorus
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Days glowing, igniting Exploding into nights
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Nights, "I'm cold", I'm here "Hold me closer to the day"
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Days it's in your blood Nights you never dreamed
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(It's supposed to be a dream) Nights lost in the flood~
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And not lost in the flood~
[Chorus]
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Ah still~ Summer's always going, turning everything Canada-grey
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And I will miss all the not-knowing, of those summer days
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But I swear I will take morphine and swim
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If you take one more look at him
[Outro]
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Ah, those yellow days
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Ah, those yellow days
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Ah, those yellow days
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Ah, those yellow days
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